Sex, Drugs, and Love Among the Middle Aged
A Case Study of a Serodiscordant Heterosexual Couple Coping with HIV
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15413694 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cynthia Cannon Poindexter (Fordham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 57-83 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1533-256X • E-ISSN: 1533-2578 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j160v03n02_05 |
| OpenAlex | W905735353 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
HIV infection attributable to injection is growing, as is the incidence among heterosexual persons. Some of the people affected are over 50, and we can anticipate a growing number of older people with substance use and HIV as primary concerns. Therefore, we need to know more about the intersections of age, addictions, and HIV. This article uses narrative analysis to examine a research interview with an African-American woman and her African-American HIV-infected male partner in order to gain insight about how a middle-aged serodiscordant drug-affected couple might struggle and succeed in the face of HIV. Implications for social work, policy and research are provided
Addiction · Antiretroviral therapy · Coping (psychology · Drug · Family medicine · Heroin · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Narrative · Psychiatry · Serodiscordant · Sociology · Viral load · Demography · Gender Studies · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |